blurb | blərb |
noun
a short description of a book, movie, or other product written for promotional purposes and appearing on the cover of a book or in an advertisement.
verb [with object] informal, chiefly North American
write or contribute a blurb for (a book, movie, or other product).
ORIGIN
early 20th century: coined by Gelett Burgess (died 1951), American humorist.
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I have always been intrigued by that word, blurb, and wondered if it really was a word. So of course I looked it up. Sure enough. AND it can be used as a verb. I definitely did not know that.
So anyway, that’s what I’ve been doing.
I’ve been writing blurbs and a bio for my book that is now live on Amazon. Eeek!
I’m kinda’ blown away… and am still trying to get it all figured out.
